Waikato (8g Pins – Skywalker Wilkes) showed he has lost none of his competitive edge winning for the 19th time in 66 starts. He has earned over S$2.3 million for Laurie Laxon’s Silver Fern Racing Stables.

One of five Karaka stakes winners in Singapore this season, Waikato is peaking at just the right time for the $3 million G1 Singapore Airlines International Cup over 2000m in May. The son of Pins has contested the race twice before finishing third last year and fourth in 2010.

“I am totally amazed by him,” said Laxon. “To see him racing he is just so happy in himself. He has never put his ears back at any stage of his career. He’s a racehorse and just loves being one.